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Written by Tom Harrison
What you"re looking at here is, of course, the inaugural DS SUV. It"s called the DS 7 Crossback, and it"s the first car developed as a DS from the get go (the DS 3, 4 and 5 were Citroens first).The headlines are thus: it sits on the same EMP2 platform as the Peugeot 3008 and 5008, and its technical specification will broadly mirror those cars. This means familiar petrol and diesel engines, including the three-cylinder PureTech turbo petrol, and popular 1.6 and 2.0-litre diesels. Some will have the new eight-speed auto, others a six-speed manual and some a choice between the two.A plug-in hybrid will follow in 2019, a year after the car"s launch ten months from now. DS is the first PSA brand to get this (and most other) tech. It combines a 196bhp four-cylinder petrol with two 80kW electric motors one for each axle giving all-wheel drive. DS are claiming an electric-only range of 37miles and a combined 296bhp.Most PHEVs sandwich the electric motor between the combustion engine and gearbox, but in the DS the e-motor is downstream of the gearbox. This means greater efficiency because the e-motor doesn"t have to run through the eight-speed auto. Clever. A recharge takes four hours from a normal plug, but it also regens while you"re braking or coasting.
Date written: 28 Feb 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6879
What you"re looking at here is, of course, the inaugural DS SUV. It"s called the DS 7 Crossback, and it"s the first car developed as a DS from the get go (the DS 3, 4 and 5 were Citroens first).The headlines are thus: it sits on the same EMP2 platform as the Peugeot 3008 and 5008, and its technical specification will broadly mirror those cars. This means familiar petrol and diesel engines, including the three-cylinder PureTech turbo petrol, and popular 1.6 and 2.0-litre diesels. Some will have the new eight-speed auto, others a six-speed manual and some a choice between the two.A plug-in hybrid will follow in 2019, a year after the car"s launch ten months from now. DS is the first PSA brand to get this (and most other) tech. It combines a 196bhp four-cylinder petrol with two 80kW electric motors one for each axle giving all-wheel drive. DS are claiming an electric-only range of 37miles and a combined 296bhp.Most PHEVs sandwich the electric motor between the combustion engine and gearbox, but in the DS the e-motor is downstream of the gearbox. This means greater efficiency because the e-motor doesn"t have to run through the eight-speed auto. Clever. A recharge takes four hours from a normal plug, but it also regens while you"re braking or coasting.
Date written: 28 Feb 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6879